Re: [Boost-testing] [iostreams][vc8]deprecetedstandardlibrarymemberfunctions; fatal linker error

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-02 11:51:09

Keith MacDonald wrote:

>> I dont think defining _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE in a header is
>> acceptable.
>
> I also agree. This should be defined in the bjam config file for
> TOOLS=vc-8_0, as I said earlier.

This will only help end users who build their applications with bjam. Also, a
user may want to enable the deprecation warnings, because some of them may be
useful.

> Is that David Abraham's area of
> responsibility?

I think it's the responsibility of whoever volunteers, but I'm not sure it's a
good idea.

> - Keith MacDonald

Jonathan